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Re: Never saw a car crash into a computer

"For the Yanks in the audience, a "Fenwick" in this context is an approximation of a Yale Forklift (as built by the French), not a fishing rod."

Explanation not only needed for the Yanks, the only Fenwick i had heard of before was the department store.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenwick_(department_store)

I've never heard anyone call a forklift a Fenwick.

i guess its like us calling a digger a JCB or a vacuum cleaner a Hoover, but Fenwick is hardly a household name in the UK.

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